Lou Ann joins Austin Talk 1370’s Lynn Woolley and guest host Dennis Farris to discuss Useful Idiot Media (UIM) information warfare seeking to downplay President Donald J. Trump’s accomplishment record and potentially suppress rightwing voters’ election enthusiasm.

And even more troubling is this happening at a pivotal time in which the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and its Red-Green Alliance now largely dominate the Democratic Party such that gaining Congressional control could seriously take America to a point of no return.

The conversation starts at the 2:20 mark.

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Communism v. Common Sense on Midterm Ballot

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

Our country is at a historical turning point and the next years will determine if America remains a republic unlike any other in the world or becomes something dark. The midterm election will be a pivot point in a battle of Communism v. Common Sense. Failure to understand or take seriously this point puts at risk the American way of life as we know it. And if only this were hyperbole, but it’s not.

Writing doomer content isn’t an enviable task and this article will undoubtedly be dark. Unfortunately, the urgency of today’s political climate necessitates the tone.

A recent article discussed the Useful Idiot Media and its allies’ efforts to energize left-leaning voters and demoralize those on the right ahead of the midterm election. Information warfare is a long-standing tactic used by communists and it’s an integral part of this story. Don’t fall for the subterfuge.

No middle ground

Any vote cast for Democratic Party candidates – regardless if they are affiliated or not with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) – will be a vote for communism in America.

The Democratic Party hopes to regain control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. And it could happen. History is on their side. What’s different this cycle is that the Democratic Party is no longer the party of yesteryears.

How it plays out

Today’s Democratic Party is dominated by self-described socialists (plain speak translation: communists). Historically traditional Democrats have adopted a “go along, get along” approach as resistance is known to guarantee an incumbent politician’s biggest fear: a re-election challenge.

Democratic Party voters who support self-described “moderates” will aid their party in taking Congressional control. While these moderates may help win elections, power within the party will lie with the communists. That moderate lawmaker and all like him/her will become props in a “free society” cosplay action to soon overtake our Congress if the left prevails in the midterms. So again, any vote cast for Democratic Party candidates will be a vote for communism in America.

The People’s Pundit pollster Rich Baris recently discussed how The Democrats Have Already Lost To The DSA.

Marketing the “cool kids”

UIM will aid and abet the DSA’s political ascendency. UIM embraces bright, shiny DSA candidates and doesn’t mind if doublespeak is part of their facade. The DSA candidates have the right look and use the right words.

They are often effective communicators and able to project themselves as the “cool kids.” And who doesn’t want to be with the cool kids? Don’t fall for it.

And then it begins

With this election destined to add to their numbers, Congressional communists will seize and exercise increased influence which will be reflected in policy and political matters.

If Congressional control is achieved, the most obvious – even promised – actions are likely to include packing the Supreme Court plus extending statehood to the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico for starters. These actions will tilt power to the left in a manner that may never be reversed.

They will pursue the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump and other Cabinet officials like Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The communists’ political retribution campaign will make the acts of Joe Biden’s regime seem like child’s play as making examples of political adversaries and formerly “useful idiots” is Communism 101. So much for government of the people, by the people and for the people.

Realize also this juncture coincides with our being in a Fourth Turning, the final period of an 80-to-100-year cycle, a period generally marked by unrest, disruption and even violence. Sound familiar?

America First v. competing parasites

At CPAC 2013, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist noted people on the left as not being “friends and allies,” but instead termed them “competing parasites.” Considering the disparate views and priorities of today’s Democratic Party, Norquist’s point ages well.

With DSA dominance, the Democratic Party increasingly serves as the political vehicle for the Red-Green Alliance, the pre-eminent force within the DSA. The Red-Green Alliance is a movement whose “factions disagree about religion, sexuality and economics, but increasingly share the same targets: American power, Western institutions, capitalism, traditional faith and the legitimacy of the democratic order.” The ultimate competing parasites.

Marxists and Islamists unite (for now)

In Assessing the Marxist-Islamist Alliance Aimed at America’s Heart, Wade Miller explains the dangers of this partnering:

The accelerating fusion of neo-Marxist progressives and radical Islamists within American politics poses an existential threat to the republic. This fusion, colloquially referred to as the Red-Green Alliance, draws on two seemingly conflicting ideologies—Marxism and Islamism—bound together by a common mission to destroy the American constitutional system, capitalism, and the Western Christian tradition. A closer evaluation of the Red-Green Alliance reveals that while it remains one of political convenience, the ideological foundations draw on overlapping master frames that tie shared Marxist and Islamist conceptions of anti-imperialism, anti-Zionism, resistance, and Islamophobia together into a single shared narrative.

As this anti-American coalition grows its power and influence on the political left, it’s imperative to take stock of the movement, including its electoral power and potential, funding sources, and domestic political infrastructure. A sober, clear-eyed evaluation is necessary as a precursor for developing society-wide solutions to stop this alliance from transforming into a violent political revolution.

Miller’s full policy brief and other similar topics are available at the Center for Renewing America, an organization whose mission is to “renew a consensus of America as a nation under God with unique interests worthy of defending that flow from its people, institutions, and history, where individuals’ enjoyment of freedom is predicated on just laws and healthy communities.”

One other note on “socialism”

While the former Soviet Union, Cuba or Venezuela are truly great examples of socialism/communism, they seem to fall short as a “product” that can be “sold” to a gullible American public. Or at least the “this time it’s going to be different” crowd. That’s where European countries like Sweden come into play and are used as more contemporary examples.

But if only Sweden was the bastion of such socialism. They tried and socialism failed them. In fact, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria recently offered this look at Sweden’s dalliance with socialism.

Zakaria describes the point at which Sweden recognized socialism as an unworkable model and course corrected. That Swedish government, however, wasn’t facing our DSA and its Red-Green Alliance.

Don’t look for this group to relinquish power once it’s attained. Don’t be fooled.

No turning back

It’s easy to rack up debt. Not so easy to reduce it. It’s easy to enact policies to a variety of ends. Not so easy to reverse those policies. It’s easy to enjoy the freedom that comes from living in a high trust society. History shows, however, that it’s nearly impossible to regain that freedom once it’s ceded or lost to another – ultimately hostile – entity.

The communists and the Islamists have their respective historical records of hostile, iron-fisted power. Don’t mistake that this time things will be different.

The upcoming midterm election will feature a distinct choice: Communism v. Common Sense.

There are good things happening in our country, good things worth fighting for. Do your homework and choose wisely, cautiously when you vote. This may be your last real chance.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

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It was a pleasant surprise within hours of posting Leftist Media Downplays Trump Efforts Ahead of Midterm Election to see this Trump Is Stacking Wins Nobody Is Telling You About segment on The Charlie Kirk Show.

Auron MacIntyre, host of The Auron MacIntyre Show and a columnist for Blaze News, joined Andrew Kolvet and Blake Neff to discuss Trump’s hits and misses.

No one is excited about the war in Iran. It’s a miss – a big one. But the totality of the Trump administration shouldn’t be judged on any one issue. And many good things are in the works.

The CK segment was based on MacIntyre’s own in-depth Trump Is Stacking Big Wins analysis of the president and his administration’s performance in this second term.

And it shouldn’t be lost that America is also stacking a big win as the Useful Idiot Media (UIM) and its allies continue to be outed for its informational warfare against the American people and the Trump administration.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

Don’t be fooled as the Useful Idiot Media (UIM) and its allies offer endless content with a seemingly concerned angle of Americans and the “affordability crisis.” This coverage realistically serves as nothing more than an excuse to reinforce a daily message that the Trump administration has failed with its management of the economy, with its stewardship of your well-being. And the intensification of this steady drumbeat as we approach the midterm election is, again, no accident.

It’s a wearying wash/rinse/repeat cycle. President Donald J. Trump is a tyrant, a dictator, an authoritarian aspiring to remake the United States into something different from its current form. The Trump administration is one big corrupt collection of failed policies, self-dealing initiatives, half-baked measures, inept personnel and governmental interventions designed to degrade the lives of Americans while enriching some unnamed chosen few.

UIM consumers too often fail to understand this news media onslaught (and much the rest of what they see on legacy network television!) is a calculated campaign seeking to energize left-leaning American voters, a term no longer analogous with citizens, while simultaneously depressing those on the right by denigrating every step made by the Trump administration. It’s hardly an original strategy, but in today’s propagandized information landscape, it will be effective. The question: to what degree?

A look at reality

With this informational offensive at hand, the Trump administration’s efforts and accomplishments of this term are worth a look. In keeping with his America First governing theme, Trump’s 2024 voting coalition was broad-based and diverse.

While much of the media will downplay or ignore his efforts, reasonably fair sources reporting on the following policy and initiative highlights suggest Trump has used the last two years to continue his America First approach enacting initiatives seeking to benefit large numbers and wide ranges of Americans. In other words, to try just helping people in their daily lives.

Trump made a campaign pledge to fight for the American people. Any fair-minded review must give credit as promise made, promise kept. That said, is he winning all the time? Absolutely not. Who could with constant oppositional bombardment from a network of activist judges, an adversarial administrative state, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), unfriendly foreign governments, his own tepid Republican Party and a rabidly hostile media – just to name a few.

Still, his efforts continue. Are they all hits? No. But neither are they all misses. Some are a step along the way. And many are still to be determined. That said, the president is attempting to make life better and routinely doing so with minimal fair media coverage and endless resistance on so many fronts.

The point is that counter to the UIM and other barrage of “Trump is an evil tyrant seeking to undermine the American people,” a collection of efforts and other actions suggest otherwise.

Social Security

How Trump Accounts Could Solve Social Security’s Insolvency Crisis

Trump Accounts are not an immediate replacement for Social Security, but may represent the first serious step toward a retirement system built on ownership instead of dependency — one that encourages Americans to participate in the success of the nation’s economy, build wealth over a lifetime, and leave something meaningful to the next generation.

Trump accounts could help privatize Social Security

Traditional Social Security might survive as a safety net program for those who faced struggles all their lives and never managed to accumulate any assets. But the vast majority of Americans, even Americans with modest earnings, would be able to retire with significant assets. Traditional Social Security will never achieve that goal.

Scott Bessent: Trump Accounts Are the ‘Most Successful Launch in Government History’

Bessent told the students that financial literacy is “a necessity, just like reading and writing,” encouraged them to develop skills in saving, budgeting, planning, and investing, and said Trump Accounts would give children a direct stake in the American economy while helping them build wealth from an early age.

Freedom Haulers

Trump promotes Freedom Haulers Initiative to fast-track military veterans into trucking jobs

President Donald Trump on Thursday formally kicked off an administration initiative designed to fast-track military veterans into trucking jobs while removing illegal immigrant commercial drivers from America’s roadways, arguing the effort will improve highway safety and create new employment opportunities for former service members.

Freedom Haulers Initiative to Help Veterans Get Commercial Driver’s Licenses, Better Jobs

At the White House today, President Donald J. Trump announced the kickoff of the Freedom Haulers campaign, a new effort to help military veterans find good-paying jobs as commercial drivers following their military service by establishing a military-to-commercial driver’s license pipeline.

Eating Healthy

The Real Food Show: Cooking Real Food at Affordable Prices

The Real Food Show is a new cooking series hosted by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that makes healthy, affordable cooking simple and accessible for every American. Inspired by President Trump’s Make America Healthy Again agenda, Secretary Kennedy is bringing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to life and showing that cooking with real food can be practical, approachable, and affordable for every family.

RFK Jr. launches MAHA cooking show — with healthy recipes under $5

Can healthy eating really cost less than a drive-thru run?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is betting it can with a new government-backed cooking show aimed at proving nutritious meals don’t have to break the bank.

RFK Jr. Debuts Cooking Show to Prove Healthy Eating Beats Fast Food on Cost

“The Real Food Show” premiered July 30 on YouTube and the HHS website, offering recipes built around whole, minimally processed ingredients such as protein, full-fat dairy, fruits, vegetables and whole grains, the standards set out in the 2026 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The show promises meals priced under $5 per serving whenever possible, along with simple techniques meant to save families time and money.

Lowering Housing Prices

Trump Affordable Housing: Latest 2026 Policies, Executive Actions, and What They Mean

The phrase “Trump affordable housing” has become one of the most searched housing topics in 2026 as Americans continue to face high home prices, elevated mortgage costs, and limited housing inventory. Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has introduced executive actions, supported regulatory reforms, and responded to bipartisan housing legislation aimed at improving housing affordability.

This article explains the latest Trump affordable housing policies, recent legislative developments, and what homebuyers, renters, builders, and investors should know.

Fed Reserve working paper suggests Biden illegal immigrant wave caused 30% of home price increases

A new Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas working paper estimates the record surge in illegal immigration during the Biden administration boosted employment while causing 30% of home price increases and 20% of rent increases.

The paper combined immigration court records with government administrative data to create the first ever calculation of how a wave of 7 million illegal immigrants from 2021 through 2024 affected local labor and housing markets.

Military Families

Trump Establishes Military Spouse Commission

President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office today establishing the President’s Military Spouse Commission.

The commission, which is authorized by Executive Order 14415, will provide recommendations for improving the quality of life for military spouses by addressing common challenges, such as housing, employment, healthcare, childcare, education and “just about everything else you can think of,” according to the president.

How a Trump-appointed military spouse commission promises to have the backs of the troops’ families

“Many military spouses spend months separated from their loved ones while our heroes are deployed overseas,” added Trump during an Oval Office signing of a presidential executive order establishing the first-ever President’s Military Spouse Commission.

The Military Spouse Commission, according to the executive order, is tasked with developing policies and “practicable actions” that will ensure “the overall well-being of military spouses” while improving the quality of life of military spouses.

Mining Investment

Trump Announces Nearly $3 Billion Investment in Mining to Reduce Reliance on China

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 7 that the U.S. government would invest nearly $3 billion to support critical minerals and battery projects and expand the American mining workforce.

Trump Announces Billions in New Deals and Investments to Power American Mining

President Trump’s leadership is restoring America’s mining industry and national and economic security, ensuring reliable supplies of critical materials and supply chains.

Childhood Vaccines

Trump signs executive order recommending MMR childhood vaccines separated into different shots

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday regarding childhood vaccines, which separated the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different shots.

The order recommends administering the separate shots across different visits, and directs the nation’s health department to improve vaccine research. He did not specify how far apart the visits should be.

“For far too long, America has recommended more childhood vaccines than any peer nation, and even twice as many doses as some European countries,” the president said in a signing ceremony. “In many cases, we were requiring 72 jabs for our beautiful, healthy, lovely, delicate little children.

“Effective immediately, my administration’s recognizing Gold Standard childhood vaccine recommendations for only 11 core vaccinations against the most serious and dangerous diseases, along with the MMR,” he continued. “We want it in three separate vaccinations, given at separate times.”

Second Amendment Gun Rights

U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin details the DOJ’s new process for restoring Second Amendment Gun Rights to people with nonviolent criminal convictions.

Martin: The First Step Act has been transformative; I see it every day. Lower-income and minority communities across the country are saying, ‘Hey, this guy Trump and his team are on our side.’

Drug Prices

White House takes victory lap as drug prices dip 3.1% in past year: ‘Steepest drop since 1963’

WASHINGTON — The White House is crowing over a 3.1% dip in prescription prices as evidence that President Trump’s pressure on drug companies is working — claiming Monday that it is the “steepest drop since 1963.”

Trump “promised to slash prescription drug prices — and he has delivered,” the White House said in a promotional email blast.

“New data confirms prescription drug prices just recorded their largest annual decline in more than 60 years, the steepest drop since 1963, as the Trump Administration’s landmark Most Favored Nation policies take hold.”

Beef Prices

Trump Inks Deal for 300K Metric Tons of Beef Imports

President Donald Trump on Friday morning said he had finalized a deal “to substantially lower the price of ground beef.”

Trump said the United States will temporarily allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to enter the country without an out-of-quota tariff, an effort aimed at bringing relief to consumers while allowing domestic ranchers time to rebuild depleted cattle herds.

“Today, I concluded a deal to substantially lower the price of ground beef for working American families,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Under the deal, the tariff exemption will last 90 days.

Education

Back to school with Trump: the end of indoctrination and the return of real learning

As millions of American kids head back to school this fall, the era of federal bureaucrats pushing liberal ideology, race policies, and endless red tape has come to an end.

Under President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon, the administration has delivered a hard reset: ripping DEI out of the system, restoring merit and biological reality, empowering parents and states, and redirecting taxpayer dollars toward actual learning instead of political indoctrination.

Immigration

Trump Administration Pauses Immigrant Visa Appointments Worldwide

The Trump administration has paused immigrant visa appointments for applicants worldwide as the State Department launches a global training initiative at all U.S. embassies and consulates, according to a department spokesperson. Appointments for visa services will be rescheduled to accommodate the training.

The State Department offered no specific details on the training or its timeline. Officials said the initiative aims to help consular officers screen out applicants deemed likely to become dependent on U.S. public benefits. It is also intended to ensure evaluation of visa applicants comprehensively and consistently.

Trump admin eyes historic mass visa revocation targeting up to 200K asylum seekers: report

The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to revoke business and tourist visas held by as many as 200,000 foreigners who have applied for asylum in the U.S.

The State Department is expected to announce the sweeping action in the coming weeks, The Associated Press reported, citing internal documents and two U.S. officials.

The effort would target B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026 to foreigners who later sought asylum. If carried out, the move would mark the largest mass visa revocation in U.S. history and could face legal challenges, according to the outlet.

Foster Children

Melania Trump launches new ‘Fostering the Future’ effort to support foster youth with jobs, school

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump is spearheading a new initiative aimed at improving career and education opportunities for children raised in foster care.

Her husband, President Donald Trump, signed an executive order Thursday that creates a “Fostering the Future” program that brings together federal entities, nonprofits, educational institutions and the private sector to develop those opportunities for foster youth.

The order also creates an online hub that would help foster youth connect with key career and educational resources, while increasing access to vouchers and grants to support them in those efforts.

First Lady Unveils Racing Collaboration, $2 Million in ‘Fostering the Future’ Scholarships

Scholarships are chosen based on merit, providing opportunities for those limited by their financial circumstances.

“Our mission is simple yet transformational: Provide every young person from the foster care community the chance to earn a college education, launch a meaningful career, and achieve lasting financial independence,” she said.

The new investments, donated by IndyCar and Fox Sports, will fund scholarships at Indiana and Purdue universities, joining 24 other institutions nationwide connected with the initiative.

Crime

President Trump Delivers the Largest Drop in Violent Crime in American History

In an email to CHQ the White House Office of Communications documented how President Donald J. Trump and his Administration have delivered the most dramatic decline in violent crime in American history. According to the FBI’s newly released Uniform Crime Report for 2025, America is safer than it has been in generations.

Drugs

America’s Fentanyl Crisis Just Took A Stunning Turn

The White House under President Donald Trump (R) used National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day on Friday to spotlight a stunning reversal in America’s deadliest drug crisis: 10,829 fewer deaths involving synthetic opioids in one year.

The underlying figures predated Friday’s story. A July 13 White House release, citing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, put deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone at 38,084 in 2025, down 22% from 48,913 in 2024.

A turning point

Future history will likely look back at this point in time as a turning point. It’s crazy that many within our citizenry are oblivious to this reality.

The upcoming midterm elections will be a strong determining factor in the direction of our country, of our way of life. The wrong decision could usher in changes that can’t be undone.

Americans voting in this upcoming election – if only for their own self-interest – will be well-served to at least seek a balance in information on which to make a rational choice in this election. For those who don’t vote, trusting that everything will be okay may be the riskiest proposition of all.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

Banning Sharia law will be a prominent issue in the November midterms as throughout our state – and especially in North Texas - the influence of Islamism becomes increasingly evident. After the March primary indicated overwhelming voter support for the ban, the midterm election must be used to vet candidates supportive of this and associated policies.

Sharia is an Islamist code of conduct with religious dictates, but also with legal, social, political, military and economic vectors derived from the Quran and incompatible with laws and rights in Western countries. With a war-to-the-death mentality, it’s a totalitarian system seeking conquest and domination of all who do not submit to its authority.

It’s here

A recent Plano Mosque open house highlighted Sharia’s growing North Texas influence as reported by The Dallas Express:

A Muslim outreach leader told visitors at a Plano Mosque Saturday that Sharia is “already here,” describing it as a religious framework Muslims follow through charity, family obligations and personal conduct.

Outside the Islamic Association of Collin County, an Iran-born Christian who said he lived under Sharia offered a starkly different warning. He argued that Islamic law becomes dangerous when it gains political power and is enforced by the state.

The competing messages unfolded during an open house billed as “Understanding Islam & Shariah: Myths vs Facts.” About 100 people attended the event at the mosque.

Communism v. Common Sense

The dangers of Sharia were echoed earlier this week when Institute for the American Future President Frank Gaffney described a “total trifecta” (or Red-Green-Blue axis) of Sharia supremacists partnering with both Chinese Communists and their allies plus Globalists in seeking the destruction of Western civilization.

Speaking before a Republican club in Allen, Gaffney noted the danger of this coalition and how the upcoming midterm election becomes a simple choice of candidates supporting Communism or common sense.

Action items

Gaffney, also Committee on the Present Danger: China vice chair and host of “Securing America” on Real America’s Voice, discussed a new BanSharia.com campaign.

Per its website:

BanSharia.com is a joint project of scores of influential American patriots, subject matter experts, national security professionals and organizations committed to our constitutional Republic, the freedoms it guarantees and the Western civilization it underpins. We are committed to exposing the toxic threat sharia represents to all we hold dear and preventing its adherents from achieving their goal of imposing it – violently or stealthily – on the rest of us.

Besides helping to educate regarding the history and threats posed by Sharia, the campaign offers a pledge for both individuals and candidates to affirm support of prohibiting Sharia law in Texas.

Earlier this month, Rep. Keith Self (TX-03) hosted a Sharia- Free America Caucus news conference introducing the “Preserving Our Constitution Act,” a bill ensuring that courts and adjudicative bodies in the United States do not recognize or enforce foreign laws, religious laws, customs, or practices that conflict with the Constitution of the United States and the laws made pursuant to it.”

Per a release:

The Preserving Our Constitution Act is built upon the successful framework established by the American Laws for American Courts legislation enacted in numerous states across the country. These state laws were adopted to ensure fundamental liberties cannot be undermined through the application of parallel legal systems that conflict with the Constitution. Now it is time the federal government takes the same stance.

“The Constitution is the supreme law of the land,” Congressman Self said. “Any legal or political doctrine that places itself above the Constitution threatens the stability and unity of the nation, and that’s exactly what Shaira Law does. The rule of law requires one standard that applies to every person. The Constitution provides that standard. Allowing any competing legal system would erode the authority of the courts, weaken the protection of individual rights, and fracture our country.”

Gaffney joined Self and offered comments at the 16:08 mark.

The Islamist threat must be addressed at all levels of government. While this bill works its way through the federal system, similar efforts protecting the American legal system must be pursued at state and local levels as warranted. This will require elected officials who also understand and are up to the challenges we face thus making the upcoming midterm election a critical vetting exercise.

A warning by the numbers

In Dr. Gad Saad on The West’s Self-Destructive Path, the concept of suicidal empathy and how it relates to the Islamist issue in America was discussed.

During the interview Saad mentioned Dr. Peter Hammond, a South African minister and author. In his 2021 book, “Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat,” Hammond provided a historical analysis that broke down what happens to a society as a function of the Islamist percentages in that society.

Saad discussed how Hammond was able to trace what will happen in countries based on their Islamist immigration percentages and that at about 20%, physical violence will begin.

This Reddit post provides an adaptation of Hammond’s perspective and is well worth re-posting:

Is Islam a religion or is it something else...

ISLAM IN LAYMAN’S TERMS

Here is a perspective by Dr Peter Hammond.

Dr Hammond’s doctorate is in Theology. He was born in Cape-town in 1960, grew up in Rhodesia and converted to Christianity in 1977.

Adapted from Dr Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat:

Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life.

Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.

Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges.

When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well..

Here’s how it works:

As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens.

This is the case in:

United States -- Muslim 0.6% Australia -- Muslim 1.5% Canada -- Muslim 1.9% China -- Muslim 1.8% Italy -- Muslim 1.5% Norway -- Muslim 1.8%

At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs.

This is happening in:

Denmark -- Muslim 2% Germany -- Muslim 3.7% United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7% Spain -- Muslim 4% Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%

From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply.

This is occurring in:

France -- Muslim 8% Philippines -- 5% Sweden -- Muslim 5% Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3% The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5% Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.

When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris, we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:

Guyana -- Muslim 10% India -- Muslim 13.4% Israel -- Muslim 16% Kenya -- Muslim 10% Russia -- Muslim 15%

After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:

Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%

At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:

Bosnia -- Muslim 40% Chad -- Muslim 53.1% Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%

From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:

Albania -- Muslim 70% Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4% Qatar -- Muslim 77.5% Sudan -- Muslim 70%

After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:

Bangladesh -- Muslim 83% Egypt -- Muslim 90% Gaza -- Muslim 98.7% Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1% Iran -- Muslim 98% Iraq -- Muslim 97% Jordan -- Muslim 92% Morocco -- Muslim 98.7% Pakistan -- Muslim 97% Palestine -- Muslim 99% Syria -- Muslim 90% Tajikistan -- Muslim 90% Turkey -- Muslim 99..8% United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%

100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ -- the Islamic House of Peace.. Here there’s supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:

Afghanistan -- Muslim 100% Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100% Somalia -- Muslim 100% Yemen -- Muslim 100%

Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.

‘Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel. -- Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’

It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.

Today’s 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world’s population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world’s population by the end of this century.

Adapted from Dr Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat

Please forward this important information to any who care about the Future of our Country.

Quite an eye opener!!

This threat must be confronted and the midterm election must be used to fortify our position going forward.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

As life in a Fourth Turning predictably brings societal unrest and disruption, what’s a more patriotic way to commemorate our country’s 250^th birthday than New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an anti-American, self-described democratic socialist, using the occasion to position himself as an alternative leader to the President of the United States.

Described in a statement to NBC News as a “major address,” Mamdani is scheduled to speak Friday ahead of President Donald J. Trump delivering the keynote address in South Dakota at the Mount Rushmore fireworks display.

The New York Post further reports:

Mayor Zohran Mamdani will give a presidential-style speech Friday for America’s 250th birthday in what City Hall billed as a “major address” — just hours before President Trump delivers his own remarks.

Hizzoner will reflect on “New York City’s role in our national history” and its “position as the nation’s symbolic gateway,” City Hall officials said in a press release, noting Mamdani will speak from a desk once owned by George Washington.

“This desk is older than the Resolute Desk,” the mayor’s office said, referring to the historic, writing table that sits in the Oval Office.

Mamdani ““will argue that the American story has always been one of contradiction, and trace the experiences of Indigenous people, enslaved Africans, immigrants and generations of Americans who arrived seeking freedom and opportunity,” officials shared in a sneak peek of the address.

The mayor will be surrounded by recently-naturalized citizens, which his team called “symbolic” after the US Supreme Court narrowly upheld birthright citizenship this week and “comes amidst national backdrop of anti-immigrant sentiments and policies coming out of White House.”

The family of the Ugandan-born mayor moved to New York City when Mamdani was a child and thus enabled the now 34-year-old to become a US citizen in 2018. With that, it’s no surprise that the speech will feature him being surrounded by fellow recently naturalized citizens.

“Drawing on Mayor Mamdani’s own family immigration to New York, the speech presents America as an unfinished project whose greatest strength lies not in military or economic power, but in the belief that our greatest resource are everyday Americans who fight and organize to bring America closer to its promises of liberty, equality and democracy,” City Officials said.

The Hill offers this analysis:

The planned remarks come just three days after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that upheld birthright citizenship, sparking criticism from conservative justices and lawmakers alike.

Mamdani, a democratic socialist, has seen his political prominence rise after successfully backing three congressional candidates in House races last week, with two of them ousting incumbent lawmakers.

The success of the Mamdani-backed candidates in New York and Melat Kiros unseating longtime incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado earlier this week has led many to speculate about the rise of democratic socialists within the Democratic Party.

If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, Trump should feel quite flattered, but that’s not likely the biggest takeaway the president will recognize with this move.

Trump and politically engaged, freedom-loving Americans will see this for what it is - a challenge to both the president’s capacity to represent our country on this momentous occasion and to our historic American ethos, our way of life.

And make no mistake. It’s time uneducated, disengaged or otherwise “can’t be bothered” Americans take notice of this growing threat.

As we move past this important 250^th commemoration and the Fourth Turning continues, courage and commitment to country will be tested. Our history is one of people rising to such challenges and it’s time to do it again.

Quoting President Theodore Roosevelt at a speech Wednesday, Trump said, “’Freedom is not a gift that lasts long in the hands of cowards.’”

As we celebrate our country’s special day, Americans would be well served to remember this.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

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Are we still in America? Observational abilities coupled with time in Collin County or other parts of the Metroplex support this query highlighted by The Dallas Express at a recent town hall.

Topics included H-1B visas, labor markets, community impacts of uncontrolled legal immigration without assimilation , fraud and other programmatic abuses, political accountability and potential reforms with an emphasis on impact, accountability and solutions.

In addition to the Metroplex experiencing an aggressive recruitment of H-1B visa holders, the Islamification of Texas is a companion issue sparking further immigration-related concerns.

The Dallas Express described the event:

The Dallas Express has released the full replay of its Frisco forum on the H-1B visa debate, giving viewers a chance to hear why the issue has become one of the most discussed immigration fights in North Texas.

The event, “Are We Still In America? The Political & Social Impact Of The North Texas H-1B Explosion,” was held June 18 at The Revel Patio Grill in Frisco.

The panel featured Dallas Express CEO Chris Putnam, Jace Yarbrough, Abteen Vaziri, E.J. Antoni, and Tim Young.

Political Pursuits’ Central Texas audience is encouraged to take note as reports suggest similar issues emerging in your area.

See the full replay.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

The European Parliament just approved a migration reform package designed to expedite the deportation and return process of migrants lacking status for remaining in EU. This move by Members of European Parliament (MEPs) recognizes constituents’ growing ire after decades of uncontrolled migration now threaten traditional European culture and their way of life.

Big news in America?

Here in the U.S., the Red-Green Alliance – the movement comprising Islamists and Marxists progressives - will suppress any news that counters its agenda. And the EU move is exactly that.

This Alliance which currently presents itself as a democratic socialist party is gaining prominence within the Democratic Party. It promotes uncontrolled immigration as a means for increasing its power base and ultimately gaining command of the American political system. It’s unhelpful to have Europeans sounding the “consequences” alarm of open borders and uncontrolled immigration.

It’s specifically undesirable for the American public to see a European population growing hostile toward immigrants who not only disrespect their host’s cultures, laws and societal norms, but now openly work to subjugate the societies that initially – and in good faith – welcomed migrants without realizing their goal was invasion, not assimilation.

America’s Useful Idiot Media (UIM), a partner of the Red-Green Alliance, will aid in this information suppression effort as it continues promoting the “all immigration is good” narrative, a key to furtherance of the Red-Green Alliance domination goals.

What the EU has approved

Euronews reports:

The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a law aimed at speeding up the return of migrants with no legal right to remain in the EU, thanks to backing from centre-right and far-right political groups.

The “return regulation” is the bloc’s toughest shift in migration policy in decades. It is considered controversial as it would allow EU countries to set up deportation centres outside the bloc, known as return hubs, through agreements with non-EU countries.

These hubs could serve either as transit facilities, where people await return to their country of origin, or as locations where migrants remain for an extended period, potentially without a time limit or guarantee of onward return. Only unaccompanied minors would be exempt from the measure, while families with children could be transferred to the hubs.

Lawmakers on the opposite side responded with chants of “shame on you”.

The law was approved by 418 votes to 218, with 30 abstentions. After the result was announced, supporters of the bill applauded, while some MEPs on the right of the chamber chanted “send them back”, in reference to irregular migrants.

Per The Financial Express:

Supporters argue the reforms are necessary to restore credibility to the EU’s migration system, improve enforcement of deportation orders, and address concerns over rejected asylum seekers remaining in member states. Critics warn the measures could undermine migrant rights and further polarize the debate surrounding immigration.

The familiar ideological path of supporters, critics

Euronews details the Members of the European Parliament (MEP) coalitions supporting of the immigration reform measure. Of course, descriptions like “right-leaning,” “right-wing,” “far-right” and some “too extreme” are used.

The vote confirmed the emergence of a right-leaning majority in Parliament on migration issues. The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) once again aligned with the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the far-right Patriots for Europe (PfE) and Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN). Several MEPs from the liberal Renew Europe group also back the bill.

The EPP continues to rule out formal cooperation with parties it considers too extreme, including the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and France’s National Rally. EPP leader Manfred Weber has repeatedly rejected the prospect of formal alliances with such forces.

But the EPP sees their votes as crucial for tougher migration legislation, creating an alternative majority to the traditional centrist coalition of the EPP, Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and Renew Europe.

And then we have the critics:

Socialists and left-wing MEPs largely opposed the legislation, arguing that it could undermine migrants’ fundamental rights.

“This regulation risks normalising legally questionable practices that would have been unthinkable in the EU only a few years ago,” Ana Catarina Mendes, vice-president of Socialists and Democrats group (S&D), said in a statement.

See the parallels?

A cautionary tale

Europe should serve as a lights-flashing, sirens-sounding alarm for the course on which the United States now finds itself. Suicidal empathy is a society killer. It helped Europe’s current downfall and we’re headed in the same direction.

This move by the EU is one of the most important issues people won’t otherwise hear about, especially UIM news consumers.

Americans must become aware – our continued existence depends upon it.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

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The Federalist posted an interesting article positing how Frisco Schools Create Dozens Of Karmelo Anthonys By Refusing To Discipline Black Students.

Teresa Avila writes of Anthony’s first-degree murder conviction and 35-year prison sentence noting how jurors did not believe his claim of self-defense and “instead found that Anthony provoked a confrontation with student Austin Metcalf by going into his school’s tent during a track meet, taunting the students there, refusing to leave despite repeated requests, and finally plunging a knife into Austin’s heart after being nudged.”

While the impetus for Anthony’s actions remains a mystery, Avila notes how “facts of the case show that Anthony apparently had no other reason to kill Metcalf than pure malice and aggression.”

Avila speculates as to potential scenarios before offering a troubling, but believable and likely explanation:

One could go further and ask why Anthony harbored these violent impulses in the first place. He lived in Frisco, an affluent, family-friendly suburb with good schools. He had two parents at home to take care of him. He played sports and had plenty of friends. He was a month away from graduating and could have done anything. So why throw it away?

In the absence of evidence, it is anyone’s guess. Perhaps Anthony’s supporters are right in assuming he was somehow bullied and held back by a racist system. Or perhaps Anthony was radicalized by toxic internet content that encouraged him to kill a white person. Or perhaps he was suffering from some unknown mental illness or emotional trauma.

Or, most likely, perhaps Anthony was a willful, irresponsible youth who was never seriously disciplined or corrected at school or at home, and therefore felt entitled to hurt and even kill people because he felt like it.

An experienced teacher in the North Texas area, Avila writes of encountering “many students like Anthony” who “terrorize their classes, do little work, and misbehave constantly. Yet they are never corrected or held back because they are black.”

Avila provides a detailed analysis of Frisco ISD’s “two-tiered” disciplinary system detailing how “nonblack students who misbehave are given the consequences of detention, suspension, or mandatory time at the Discipline Alternative Education Program, black students rarely experience any of this.”

She cites Frisco ISD as having culpability in this seemingly avoidable situation:

While Anthony’s parents obviously deserve most of the blame for how their son turned out, the policies of Frisco ISD also likely played a role. Anthony should not have been at that track meet, much less allowed to roam free without supervision. He should have known that instigating fights and attacking students is wrong and unacceptable. He should have been held to the same standards as every other student instead of being left to develop homicidal delusions.

Most interestingly, Avila observes as “telling that no counselor or teacher testified on Anthony’s behalf at his trial. This strongly indicates he had a record of dangerous misconduct.”

Indeed. Sometimes what you don’t ask about is more revealing than what you do.

Avila’s article should be read in full as it importantly addresses the door that is opened when politically correct disciplinary policies geared toward protected group appeasement replace substantive policies designed to ensure the safety of an entire student body.

The piece focuses on Frisco ISD, but in the “monkey see, monkey do” world of public education, this is unlikely to be an isolated case.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

Due to significant family illness, Political Pursuits will be on hiatus until early June, but before temporarily stepping back, this perspective seemed worthwhile to offer.

Early voting starts next week ahead of the May 26 Texas Republican Primary Runoff and the Attorney General contest between U.S. Rep. Chip Roy and state Sen. Mayes Middleton is only intensifying with Roy becoming the more controversial figure of the race.

The issues people have with Roy – derogatory comments about MAGA, past vacillation in support of the America First agenda and questions regarding his temperament – are fair. And he was a Trump detractor – but so was J.D. Vance, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Elon Musk and many others who now operate as Trump allies.

That said, a February 2024 article entitled Trump Happened, the Never-ending Chaos is Pure Reaction, described Donald Trump’s rise to political power as the epitome of life being “10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it” and it seems to applicable as well to Roy.

The article noted how the “what happens/reaction” point seemed to be reaching a new swath of voters and offered a good lesson as the 2024 campaign season unfolded, perspective that today typifies reactions to Roy.

Yes, past comments and actions are worth scrutiny, but times change, people adapt and failure to read an updated version of “the room” can bring missed opportunity along with undesirable consequences.

In talking with people and reviewing social media posts, comments regarding Roy’s past conduct are numerous, but his strong character coupled with legal credentials to address critical issues like immigration - specifically the Islamification of Texas, birthright citizenship and H-1B visa abuse - seem to offset many voters’ concerns. His co-founding the Sharia Free America Caucus with fellow Texan U.S. Rep. Keith Self brings additional credibility.

And though many only sense the significance of the time, we’re currently in a Fourth Turning, the final period of an 80-to-100-year cycle generally marked by civil and political unrest, disruption and even violence,. During this period it’s bold, not tepid, leaders who will help positively carry the day.

The Trump Happened article described Trump’s brashness as a model of what’s needed - a bill Roy similarly fits.

Trump exemplifies what can be called the “junkyard dog” model. Junkyard dogs generally have a protective mission. They are stereotypically fierce, territorial, intimidating as needed and on guard for action as warranted. That said, they can also be incredibly smart, loyal, loving and affectionate to “their people.” Dare we say these dogs have a “Junkyard First” mentality.

In the realm of world leaders, Trump is our junkyard dog, a term used with the utmost of great respect and affection as he’s an individual that will adopt the necessary posture to defend his property and his position – in this case, the United States, its people and their interests.

Once again, this world is run by largely tough and often cruel people. Unpredictability is a great asset for someone like Trump who knows how to use and turn it off and on as needed.

He knows how to read a room and understands the need to fight fire with fire. His public persona sends that message to the world. Our world was safer when Trump was in office.

As such, Trump’s political ascendancy was the 10% of life that happens, the subsequent meltdown of America’s more fragile and globalists worldwide is the 90% of how we react. And this reaction threatens today’s American way of life.

And his brashness was on full display that fateful July 13 in Butler, PA. Trump Assassination Attempt Offers Critical Lesson for America noted how “Trump’s reaction to Saturday’s event offers great example of how Americans should react” and further reminds how it “well illustrates the ‘junkyard dog’ model he has so effectively mastered.”

The unsuccessful assassination attempt brought an immediate display of fierceness, loyalty to the American people and unparalleled resilience. In mere moments Trump went from cultural icon turned political anomaly to a global political legend.

But it’s not the trendy status elevation that people should learn from. In the wake of nearly losing his life, it’s at the least instructive that Trump demonstrated courage coupled with visible commitment to our country and his fellow citizens that then instinctively culminated with his “fight, fight, fight” attitude.

It’s a reminder that like Trump, Americans attuned to current conditions realize we’re truly all now fighting for our lives, for our freedoms and for our country.

The article concludes:

With President Trump at the helm, America was stronger, safer and wealthier. Today we are a weak and dangerous country facing financial peril on numerous fronts.

A growing recognition that our country, our lives are in a decline seems underway. So as life is 10% what happens and 90% how we react, will the upcoming election happening be a vehicle for the rational reaction of self-interested voting as if one’s life depends on it?

Let’s hope so because guess what? It does.

That fight continues across America and with special emphasis in Texas. We are moving through perilous times. Long-term outcomes impacting generations to come will be a function of short-term decisions made today – including decisions made in the upcoming primary runoff.

America stands a better chance prevailing in the current turmoil with a “junkyard dog” mentality. Texas’ future could be well served by adopting the same approach.

Early voting runs Monday, May 18, through Friday, May 22, with Election Day on Tuesday, May 26. Check your local county election office or the Texas Secretary of State website for additional voting information.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

The United Kingdom has problems. Smoking seems to be a big one? Never mind scenes as recently played out in London. (Click photo for video)

Two Jewish men were stabbed by an individual now identified as a “migrant from Somalia.”

Per Breitbart:

In what is being treated as a terrorist incident, two men, identified as Shilome Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, were stabbed in the Golders Green area of North London. Both suffered injuries, forcing them to be hospitalised; however, both are now said to be in stable condition.

In dramatic scenes plastered across social media, police were filmed using tasers and kicks to incapacitate the suspected knifeman after he apparently attempted to stab officers as well and was suspected of carrying an explosive device, the BBC reported.

On Wednesday evening, the Metropolitan Police identified the suspect as a 45-year-old immigrant from Somalia who has since become a British national. He has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. While police have yet to disclose a motive, Met Police Chief Mark Rowley said that he had “a history of serious violence and mental health issues.”

Police now say they are investigating a third incident that took place in a separate part of London in the south-east earlier the same day, which they believe may have involved the same suspect.

Migrant, history of violence and mental health issues – sounds familiar.

The article also details how Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), a terror group purportedly with ties to the Iran’s Islamist regime is believed to have used its Telegram account to claimed responsibility for the attack.

That said, as the group has a history of claiming responsibility for such attacks throughout Europe since onset of the current Iranian conflict, media sources such as The Guardian report “investigators have found no evidence of Iranian involvement and therefore believe that the posts may have been opportunistic rather than credible claims.”

Thankfully the men in this incident survived, but all falling into Islamist crosshairs are not so fortunate as Reuters points out in Deadly attacks in Britain in recent years.

Regardless, with situations like this and the U.S. embassy in London raising its terror threat level to “severe,” the UK has now banned smoking for people born after 2008 citing the health effects of smoking as “one of the UK’s leading causes of preventable death, disability and ill health.”

While this may be true, it would seem the UK has bigger problems and Breccan F. Thies at The Federalist brilliantly lays out this case of absurdity and how serious and silly can simultaneously occur.

From UK Bans Cigarettes From Killing Citizens Because Migrants Are Already Doing It So Well:

The United Kingdom announced Tuesday it will place a lifetime ban on tobacco products for anyone born in 2009 or after, in a major power-sharing agreement struck between government euthanizers and migrant knife-attackers.

“الحمد لله، ورمضانٌ مباركٌ دائم — [cough, cough] — I mean … My fellow Britons,” Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer began. “In conjunction with our nation’s pride, the National Health Service, and our most cherished friends and neighbors, the knife-wielding community, we have determined to ban tobacco products for all British young people.”

“This has been years in the making, and we’re extremely proud of the result. Now, under a new leadership structure, the NHS will share its proportion of eliminating British citizens by injection with our diverse population of knife-attackers, many of whom have deep and sincere religious beliefs that are contingent upon these sorts of activities,” Starmer added.

The move comes after knife attacks have reached a fevered pitch of more than 50,000 per year, and the U.K. Parliament paved the way to achieve untold levels of euthanasia, perhaps in line with British commonwealth country Canada, where government killings are now the fifth-leading cause of death. The United Kingdom was already on a warpath to deem its citizens unfit for life by government fiat if their illnesses were too inconvenient.

Click here to read the full column.

America – and particularly Collin County, Texas – hope you are paying attention.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

Public school abdication

This is a concern as we’re already hearing anecdotal accounts of Texas school districts accommodating Islamist students in ways that other students would be unlikely to experience.

The Nashville Banner, no doubt a partner in the Useful Idiot Media (UIM), published an article entitled During Ramadan, Muslim Students Find Peace, Discipline and Community that describes how John Overton High School Muslim students “have taken the lead and found support from a diverse staff.”

The article contains passages such as:

Many students attempt to read the Quran from front to back during Ramadan. When she picked up her cousin for school that morning, Shaunaz Mohammed did some reading while waiting in the car. She aimed to read one juz — about 20 pages — every day.

“The Quran is like a way of life. It’s a manual to our life or instructions,” she said. “You understand more of your religion as you read it, and I’m kind of experiencing that right now.”

Another word that came up often was “peace.” Abdullatif said she taps into this when confronted with ignorance. Muslim students often feel a responsibility to educate peers about their faith. This can include insensitive questions that especially come up during Ramadan:

How do you just not eat for 24 hours?
What’s even the point?
Why are you starving yourself?

“I try to focus on being peaceful and being patient,” Abdullatif said. “I’ve heard all these jokes for so long, so it makes me feel honestly stronger about what I believe.”

Another noted:

“In Islam, we’re all supposed to be equal,” she continued. “I try not to complain, just so I can remember the fact that there’s Muslims in the world that don’t have what I have. There’s Muslim women that can’t even go to school.”

Kahar recalled an incident just before Ramadan that made her feel singled out for her religion. A student in her class leaned over to a friend to whisper with a laugh, “Why doesn’t she just wear a hoodie?”

Kahar, who wears a hijab, said that teachers and parents should make an effort to educate students about respecting all religions equally. This can look like incorporating more lessons about the history of Islam and Islamaphobia in the curriculum. At the start of Ramadan, teachers could plan a lecture about what Ramadan is and why some students are fasting.

“I think teachers should just address it. Address their students who are fasting just to make them feel like they’re being heard,” Kahar said.

The Tennessee Star’s Michael Patrick Leahy and Lead Reporter Tom Pappert argue how the Metro Nashville Public Schools Special Accommodations for Muslim Students Likely Unconstitutional. They likely are correct.

Fox News offers a more news-oriented account in Nashville public school excuses Muslim students for daily prayer time during Ramadan

An upcoming column will address specific concerns as infiltration into Texas’ K-12 education system is definitely underway.

And while talking education

SBOE member Brandon Hall talks about the recent vote to keep Islamist-influenced curriculum out of Texas social studies textbooks.

Another member, Julie Pickren, also offered perspective.

Sara Gonzales of the Come and Take It podcast weighed in as well.

ICYMI

Jihad Watch offers this recap on Texas cities latest “monkey see, monkey do” action of issuing Ramadan proclamations.

The site also reminds:

An article in the Qatari State Daily Al-Watan highlighted what Ramadan is really about. The piece glorified “Islamic victories” during Islam’s holy month. While Ramadan is a time of piety and fasting for Muslims, it is also the month of “jihad, conquest and martyrdom.”

And this is a good thing for Texans that their city officials are honoring “jihad, conquest and martyrdom”?

From the Sharia front

Texas Policy Research has posted a brief regarding Attorney General Ken Paxton’s latest legal action regarding the effort to quietly insert Sharia mechanisms into the Texas legal culture.

From Texas AG Launches Investigation into Alleged Sharia Law Enforcement:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced legal action as part of an investigation into what his office describes as an alleged effort to impose Sharia law within Texas. The investigation centers on an entity known as the Islamic Tribunal, which is accused of attempting to issue rulings based on religious doctrine in a way that may conflict with state and federal law.

According to the press release, the Office of the Attorney General has demanded documents and initiated a formal inquiry into whether the organization is engaging in unlawful activity. The allegation is not simply that religious arbitration is taking place, but that the tribunal may be presenting itself as an alternative legal authority capable of replacing or superseding Texas courts.

This distinction is critical and mirrors ongoing debates in Texas over whether the issue is one of new legislation or enforcement of existing law.

Sam Westrop at TPPF Policy Summit, Let’s Talk Local podcast

Sam Westrop, head of Islamist Watch at the Middle East Forum, routinely speaks about the Islamist threat and his organization recently issued a report on which Islamism in Texas: Networks and Their Influence was based.

Below are clips from his speaking at the Texas Public Policy Foundation Policy Summit and on The Dallas Express’ Let’s Talk Local podcast with Sarah Zubiate Bennett.

John Guandolo with RPT Chairman Abraham George

John Guandolo spoke earlier this week at a Republican Women’s meeting in Collin County. “The Threat of Islam” was the topic and more than 150 people attended the meeting. Guandolo’s credentials are impressive, his presentation was highly compelling – the kind of compelling that keeps you awake at night.

The infiltration of Texas and certainly our North Texas communities is more advanced than most people would believe. He continued the discussion of this topic on a recent podcast with Republican Party of Texas Chairman George. The episode title says it all: Think It Can’t Happen Here? Think Again.

Final thought: immigration without assimilation is invasion.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

As the May 2 election approaches, “Your Community’s College” is continuing to encourage voters to approve ultimately $286 million of new debt – the advertised $158 million principal combined with Temple College’s estimated additional $128 million interest. At least one voter, however, is questioning this effort characterized as having “came out of nowhere” with “little or no public input or involvement other than the 2019 meetings.”

Quick recap

Temple College Goes Big as Bond Seeks to Double Current Debt Level discussed the May 2 ballot measure seeking $286 million in new funds which when combined with existing debt of $163 million, taxpayers’ local college debt load will grow to $449 million - and that’s not to mention debt from city, county, ISD and other special purpose districts.

The bond proposal is the second phase of a10-year facility master plan initially approved in 2021 to, per local media, “address aging facilities on campus, support health care expansion, workforce training and science and engineering lab construction on campus.”

The article noted how the focus on skills-based and other vocational training could certainly be a positive for Temple College, but to the tune of increasing debt to nearly $450 million?

That’s the question all taxpayers should consider.

Temple College and transparency

In February, Temple resident Jeff Howard contacted Temple College President Christy Ponce to inquire as to the college’s plans for voter interaction as the bond campaign moves forward.

Howard, vice chair of the Bell County Republican Party, is an activist with an interest in Texas’ local government debt levels.

Howard provided emails from an exchange with Ponce in late February.

EMAIL #1

On Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 17:13 Christy Ponce wrote:

Good afternoon Mr. Howard,

I understand you had a question regarding Temple College’s consideration of a bond. Yes, we had a public meeting regarding the consideration of calling a Bond Election. I have attached the posting of the meeting agenda to this email.

An architecture firm conducted a 10-year facilities master plan for the college to gathered input from 21 focus groups and 2 community open houses. We completed the first phase of the facility master plan this bond would address the second half of the plan.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

Thank you,

Christy

Christy Ponce, Ph.D.

President, Temple College

EMAIL #2

From: Jeff Howard

Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
To: Christy Ponce

Subject: [External Sender]Fwd: Temple College Bond Question

Following up on my question in my 24 Feb email.

Regards

Jeff Howard

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From: Jeff Howard

Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 17:23
Subject: Re: Temple College Bond Question
To: Christy Ponce

Thank you for your response.

What were the dates/locations of the Open House’s, and can you provide any information on the 21 Focus Groups, agendas, dates and times of their events?.

Thank you in advance.

Jeff Howard

EMAIL #3

On Mar 18, 2026, at 4:07 PM, Jeff Howard wrote:

Thank you for the information.

My original question/concern was about Public Hearings or Workshops conducted prior to the Feb Board meeting and approval for the Bond Election.

It appears the Bond “came out of nowhere” with little or no public input or involvement other than the 2019 meetings.

What Public Hearings were held concerning the New Bond?

Regards

Jeff Howard

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On Wed, Mar 18, 2026, 15:18 Christy Ponce wrote:

Hi Mr. Howard,

Thank you for your question. We conducted a 10-year facilities master plan and we are halfway through that plan. Below is a listing of the initial Facilities Master Planning Meetings that were conducted on facilities and programming needs for the future. The On-site feedback meetings were led by Stantec Architecture and were held on the Temple College main campus at 2600 S. 1^st Street.

On-Site Feedback

• November 11, 2019: 8:30am-9:30am – Kickoff meeting

• November 11, 2019: 9:30am-10:30am - Athletic Programs

• November 11, 2019: 10:30am-12:00pm – IT

• November 11, 2019: 1:00pm-2:30pm – Visual & Performing Arts

• November 11, 2019: 2:00pm-2:45pm – Student Success Council

• November 11, 2019: 4:00pm-5:30pm – Open Campus Forum

• November 12, 2019: 2:30pm-4:00pm - Board of Trustees

• November 12, 2019: 4:00pm-5:30pm – Open House Community Forum II

• November 13, 2019: 8:00am-9:00am - Leadership Group- Cabinet

• November 13, 2019: 9:30am-10:30am - Library Group

• November 13, 2019: 10:30am-11:30am - STEM

• November 13, 2019: 12:00pm-1:00pm - Lunch- Pathways Group

• November 13, 2019: 1:00pm-2:00pm - Liberal Arts

• November 13, 2019: 2:00pm-3:00pm - Business

• November 13, 2019: 3:00pm-4:00pm - Public Services

• November 13, 2019: 4:00pm-5:30pm - Allied Health Programs

• November 14, 2019: 7:30am -9:00am - Facilities Team

• November 14, 2019: 9:00am-10:00am – Texas Biosciences Institute

• November 14, 2019: 2:00pm-3:00pm - Circle of Support

• November 14, 2019: 3:00pm-4:30pm - Business/Workforce Community

• November 14, 2019: 4:30pm-6:00pm – Open House Community Group

We also host annual Open Houses from 5:30-7:30pm at the Temple Main Campus to share information on new programs, answer questions, receive input, and provide tours of the facilities.

April 25, 2024

April 24, 2025

April 23, 2026

Have a wonderful afternoon!

Christy

Christy Ponce, Ph.D.

President, Temple College

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From: Christy Ponce
Date: Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [External Sender]Fwd: Temple College Bond Question
To: Jeff Howard

Good morning Mr. Howard,

I shared the original meeting planning dates because those were the ones that launched the 10 year facility master planning. These projects are part of that original plan. I would you be happy to share the dates of my other presentations to the public with you. I am out of the office today but I will send you those early next week.

Have a great weekend!

Christy

Christy Ponce, PhD

President, Temple College

Per Howard, no further communication took place.

Who knew?

It would appear that 2019 conversations are the basis for all future actions in this 10-year master plan. Does the leadership of Temple College operate in such a non-dynamic environment? An environment in which cirumstances don’t evolve? Technology doesn’t advance? Needs never require updating? You get the point.

Discussions from 2019 - nearly seven years ago - are apparently sufficient for $286 million of new debt in 2026. At least that appears to be the Temple College position.

And so is the May 2 election merely a minor technicality that voters are expected to rubber stamp?

At least an April 23 open house scheduled during early voting might offer motivated residents opportunity to ask such questions.

Texas bonds increasingly approved by small voter segments

Melissa ISD Bond Election Offers 1.6B Examples of How Voting Matters if one account of how small numbers of voters are routinely approving big debt:

Only 10% or nearly 2,300 votes were cast in a town of approximately 23,000. And of that number, only 1,600 or 7% voted to add $1.6 billion in new debt. And people think their vote doesn’t matter?

Stated differently, 1,600 Melissa voters each tagged their local friends, family and neighbors with $1 million in new debt. It would seem their votes certainly did count!

This is how easily it happens and data is emerging showing how billions of dollars of Texas local government debt is repeatedly statewide being approved by a tiny fraction of the population. Another analysis focuses on ISD bond debt and shows how House District 55 (of which Temple is a part) follows the same pattern.

Is this the pattern Temple voters also want with their community college?

And as a side note, anyone questioning some of the claims made on those mailers can click here to learn more about that “fuzzy math.”

Bellstocracy media maintains the message

This article will likely be the only “voice” in any way questioning this election. Local print and broadcast media - Bellstocracy media – are team players. They support the establishment and coverage will be a regurgitation of local government press releases or presentation of crafted interviews covering select talking points supporting positions of the subject governmental entity.

Any occasional “rogue” reporter who attempts objectivity and critical thinking is viewed as a threat and met with significant resistance. Their efforts - even if systemically diminished - can still be an important step to connecting with attentive citizens.

Predictions

Going back to the small voter turnouts yield big results for local governments, our previous prediction stands.

Unless voters get in gear, the measure will pass with a healthy majority. Note that’s a healthy majority of votes, not a healthy vote total. May elections, by design, are low-turnout affairs. The potential of high-dollar decisions made by small numbers of voters is a point not lost on any local government. And it should disturb fiscally responsible residents.

As voters appear increasingly hesitant to approve new local debt, a revised quiet election strategy appears underway. Public entities, often a significant if not one of an area’s largest employers, typically work to ensure eligible district employees “understand” their need to vote.

And on May 2, that understanding will most likely quietly carry the day.

One caveat - - if voters get in gear, this new debt is easily defeatable. Those who know this include Temple College, Bellstocracy media and those of us who follow these type elections. But only one of these groups is giving you realistic numbers and practical, timely perspective.

Consider yourself now also informed and vote!

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

Useful Idiot Media (UIM) will work diligently to keep its news consumers from getting too much a sense of the gravity with which new information released by Tulsi Gabbard and published by Just the News should be received. That said, this new release coupled with the momentum for fully exposing a now-decade of governmental abuse of power seems to be growing and even UIM efforts to keep it buried are likely to fail.

From Just the News:

The U.S. intelligence watchdog developed derogatory evidence about the CIA analyst who prompted the 2019 Ukraine-focused impeachment against Donald Trump, including that he submitted false information in his whistleblower complaint, offered hearsay to support his allegations and had the “potential for bias,” according to newly declassified memos that were kept from Americans during the failed bid by Democrats to remove the president from office six years ago.

The Intelligence Community knowingly suppressed false information used as part of a whistleblower complaint that served as the basis for an attempt to remove a U.S. president from office?

But that’s just one piece.

With regard to these Ukraine revelations, the article further notes:

The investigators also elicited an apology from the Trump accuser for misleading the probe and were acutely aware his allegations were based solely on second- and third-hand accounts about what Trump was alleged to have said and done.

“I do not have direct knowledge of private comments or communications by the President,” the alleged whistleblower, who claimed Trump improperly tried to pressure Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Hunter Biden, admitted in his initial August 2019 intake form.

And the “stunning line on the limitations of the whistleblower’s knowledge” happened to not be included in a 2019 letter released by then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

This letter, of course, was kicked off the political firestorm that led to President Trump’s first impeachment by the House of Representatives and subsequent acquittal in the Senate.

Connecting a decade of dots

John Solomon provides an overview of the information and interesting predictions of what could soon follow.

Perhaps more importantly, he details a timeline (starts 7:35) describing the “wash, rinse, repeat” cycle now depicting the decade of Deep State efforts to undermine President Donald Trump.

Per Solomon:

• The cycle starts in 2016 with Hillary Clinton’s Russia problem leading Deep State actors to create a fake Russia hoax that spawns a criminal investigation of Trump.

• The year 2019 finds Joe Biden’s Ukraine corruption issues garnering unwanted attention such that a Ukraine impeachment scandal is manufactured to attempt derailing Trump’s presidency.

• When Biden’s classified documents mishandling is revealed in 2021, a classified documents investigation (including a raid on his Mar-a-Lago home) into Trump is launched.

• As 2023 brings Biden’s mental acuity more into evidence, “Arctic Frost” offers Democrat FBI and DOJ partisans opportunity to investigate Republicans and include the creation of criminal allegations regarding Trump’s submission of alternate electors in the 2020 election aftermath.

And let’s also not forget that pre-election Trump was targeted with Crossfire Hurricane and then there was the 2020 stolen election (which was admitted).

Solomon says the next few weeks and months could get interesting. Stay tuned.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

Public school officials want constituents to believe that bond elections are organic, the “will of the people.” A closer look, however, can find campaigns surreptitiously funded by entities likely to handsomely profit from their contributions therefore diminishing or even negating the “good faith” effort most voters want in local governments.

Noteworthy contributions were observed in Melissa ISD’s oddly quiet 2025 bond election and the problem now appears to be more far-reaching based on Hijacked: How the Bond Process is Being Used Against Taxpayers, a new Texas Public Policy Foundation report that exposes a “cartel” approach within the bond process being used against taxpayers and contributing to Texas’ growing local government debt.

The report disturbingly details how the routine formation of Political Action Committees (PAC) to support bonds often comprises significant financial contributions from business entities destined to benefit from bond approvals.

Background

The report offers these key findings:

• As of 2026, school bond debt in Texas is over $236 billion.

• In May of 2023, Texas passed 79% of the 245 bond proposals put on the ballot, costing taxpayers $22.9 billion.

• A simple school bond PAC contribution of $2,000 from a consulting firm to support the bond can result in compensation of over $2 million to that entity.

• Some school districts routinely pursue subsequent bonds within 6 months to a year from a defeated bond proposition.

The contrived approach to facilitate bond passage is described as akin to a “cartel” operation:

Numerous groups, including consultants, architectural firms, engineering firms, construction companies, and nonprofits, have hijacked Texas’s school district capital bond process. These groups of profiteers, operating like cartels, have a vested interest in ensuring not only that bonds pass, but that they keep passing, more frequently and in larger amounts.

The report offers examples from Conroe ISD, Northwest ISD, Denton ISD, Northside ISD and Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD.

Though not named, Melissa ISD comfortably fits into this group.

A look back

With its 2025 bond election, Melissa ISD proposed two ballot measures seeking $1.6 billion of new debt which broke down into approximately $875 million in principal and $760 million in interest. Interest, despite its significant impact, is rarely mentioned during actual bond campaigns. The measures’ passage represented a functional tripling of ISD debtwhen the $1.6 billion of new debt was added to existing debt of $852 million.

A standard operational playbook is often evident when watching local governments – especially school districts – and its absence brought a curiosity to Melissa ISD’s 2025 school bond campaign. Melissa ISD Quietly Seeks $1.2B Bond Approval discussed the typical influences involved with school bond elections and noted Melissa ISD as seeming to take a different approach:

Texas public education is a “monkey see, monkey do” institution. School districts and associated bond election proponents have historically used a formulaic approach which incorporates aggressive PAC-funded marketing campaigns with mailers and yard signs, district presentations to the public and basic peer pressure throughout the community. As new bond package approvals become more difficult, Melissa ISD’s effort suggests the standard playbook may be changing.

Mailers were sent out. An electioneering-tinged district YouTube video “explained” the bond, but with no in-person presentation, voters weren’t easily able to ask questions. Larger-sized campaign signs popped up around town often on commercial property, but minimal yard signs were visible.

The whole thing seemed very “quiet” and prompted the following observation:

While strictly an opinion, this one seems easy to predict. Both measures will pass with healthy majorities. Note that’s healthy majorities, not healthy vote totals. May elections, by design, are low-turnout affairs. The potential of high-dollar decisions made by small numbers of voters is a point not lost on any local government. And it should disturb fiscally responsible residents.

As average voters appear increasingly hesitant to approve new local debt (and statewide, school districts are the largest debtors), a revised “quiet election” strategy appears underway. School districts, often one of an area’s largest employers, typically work to ensure eligible district employees “understand” their need to vote.

That understanding will most likely quietly carry the day.

Following the election, Melissa ISD Bond Election Offers 1.6B Examples of How Voting Matters offered this analysis:

Only 10% or nearly 2,300 votes were cast in a town of approximately 23,000. And of that number, only 1,600 or 7% voted to add $1.6 billion in new debt. And people think their vote doesn’t matter?

Stated differently, 1,600 Melissa voters each tagged their local friends, family and neighbors with $1 million in new debt. It would seem their votes certainly did count!

Who funded Classrooms for Cardinals PAC?

As the TPPF report provides examples of architects, construction companies and other prospective vendors using PACS to fund ISD bond elections, a review of Melissa ISD’s most recent election reflects the same.

Information ostensibly submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission by PAC Campaign Treasurer Amy Feagin lays out six contributors to the Classroom for Cardinals PAC. Of six contributors, one entry listed Feagin – who is also the Melissa ISD Board of Trustees Secretary - and her husband, Curt.

The other five contributors included three construction companies (Pogue Construction, Crossland Construction and Jackson Construction), one architecture firm (WRA Architects) and one school furnishings company (Lone Star Furnishings). WRA Architects and Crossland Construction were the two largest contributors each providing $20,000 of the total $50,100 collected.

It will be interesting to watch who gets contracts as construction moves forward.

Adding to the grift

Other associations and non-profits also play a role in ISD bond elections with TPPF specifically citing two: Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) and MoakCasey.

Schools use taxpayer dollars in funding membership and/or services via these organizations who function as a protectorate that lobbies and works on behalf of clients (i.e., school districts, etc.) to seek and retain larger amounts of governmental control and taxpayer funds. These efforts often work against the best interests of students and taxpayers desiring a limited approach to government along with fiscal responsibility and a high degree of transparency.

TASB describes itself as “a voluntary, nonprofit, nonpartisan, state-wide educational association established in 1949 to serve local Texas school boards — the largest group of publicly elected officials in the state with more than 7,000 school board trustees.”

TPPF describes TASB’s “professional” offerings:

Among its many services, TASB provides “Bond Election Assistance,” which includes facility assessments, bond planning, and public communication strategies. Of these services, public communication is particularly significant. TASB helps school districts, trustees, and stakeholders shape messaging around bond proposals, often emphasizing benefits while downplaying the reality that bonds are funded through increased property taxes.

The TPPF report describes MoakCasey as “a consulting firm that provides services ranging from lobbying and school finance advising to strategic planning and trustee training.” It further notes how “firms like these have positioned themselves to benefit from bond passage by offering services that increase the likelihood of voter approval, creating a financial incentive to support frequent bond elections.”

Legislative reform is needed

TPPF concludes its report by noting measures for consideration by the 90^th Texas Legislature when it convenes in early 2027:

Meaningful reform is necessary to address these concerns. Key steps include restricting conflicts of interest in bond contracting, increasing transparency and competition in school district services, extending state-level contracting safeguards to local entities, raising voter approval thresholds, and implementing cooling-off periods between bond elections. Together, these reforms would help ensure greater accountability and reduce the financial burden on taxpayers.

Cui bono – who benefits?

This report paints an unflattering view of school districts and associated networks actively pursuing increased amounts of taxpayer dollars. That said, unflattering doesn’t mean its untrue.

Sadly, today’s Texas public education industry is a somewhat tawdry business. We know ridiculous numbers of alleged sexual predators continue to be found in our schools. Despite watered-down legislative wins, sexually explicit books remain on campuses. While somewhat improving, student performance at too many schools needs work while the qualifications of teachers and other staff remain under scrutiny. All these point to public education’s dysfunctional culture.

So, who benefits? Currently, the school administrative apparatus, assorted vendors and consulting companies along with the “professional” organizations like TASB who “drive far more of this bus” than the average parent or taxpayer realizes.

Restoring public schools to a healthy education ecosystem focused on student performance and ensuring responsible use of taxpayer funds should be a priority. Measures as will be discussed in the next legislative can definitely help, but the lesson of Hijacked: How the Bond Process is Being Used Against Taxpayers should serve as a strong reminder for local residents in Melissa and elsewhere to watch closely what’s happening in their own backyard.

It’s often not what it seems and not always in your best interests.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

Dr. Gad Saad appeared on The Charlie Kirk Show discussing his upcoming book, “Suicidal Empathy,” and how it relates to the Islamist issue in America. Saad is an evolutionary psychologist who studies human behavior in general, consumer behavior in particular.

Listed below are key points made within the interview:

—Saad describes how years in academia helped him to realize it was “laden with insane parasitic ideas.” With that, he wrote “The Parasitic Mind,” a book that explains what happens to your mind when it is “parasitized by ideological capture.” Saad describes how suicidal empathy then completes the story by explaining what happens to your emotional system when it is hijacked.

“If I can hijack your thinking and feeling system,” he contends. “I own you.”

—A past clip of Charlie Kirk and Saad in which Charlie remarked how “Islam is all about power and leftism is all about power, maybe that’s also what they have in common.”

Saad then replied: “Exactly. They both despise the West so because we both despise the West, we will join in unison in trying to get rid of the West. Of course, the Leftists don’t recognize that once Islam becomes ascendant, they will be decapitated just like the rest of us.”

—In another clip Charlie and Saad discuss how Islamists view the West as “a woman to be mounted.”

Saad explained: “I would repeatedly hear Muslim/Arabic-speaking immigrants always say that the West is a woman to be mounted. The reflex that captures is that the virtues we think as laudable in the West - compassion, magnanimity, generosity, empathy - are heard as weakness, weakness, weakness and weakness by cultures that don’t necessarily share our infinite largess. The West is weak, it’s a woman…. They see the West as this feminized, weak, suicidally empathetic woman that deserves to be mounted.”

—A suicidal empathetic person justifies his/her beliefs as long as they can find one “Islamist” who seems to fit in with Western liberties. That person becomes their ideal of Islam and all other characterizations (i.e., realities) are discounted, viewed as incorrect.

—Saad says Islamists have long claimed their conquest will come via three means: conquer the West through the womb of our women; conquer the West by immigration; and conquer the West by using your “miserable freedoms’ against you. He also notes that Islamist conquest is not always violent - “not everywhere they went did they decapitate everyone.”

—Most people don’t have the imagination to extrapolate what the future may bring. Short of being somewhere like in Dearborn or Minnesota, people are apt to think “what could happen here?” The U.S. is a large country so it will take many years to see it everywhere, but it’s still happening. Per Saad, that goes to the point that people are unable to extrapolate from “time T” to “time T + 10” and how “if we don’t solve this problem we will all wake up one day being called Abdul.”

The interview wraps with a Charlie clip in which he issues one of his most chilling warnings on Islamist invasion:

Islamism has a tendency to take over and metastasize like a cancer. Immigration without assimilation is invasion and Islam does not assimilate. Islam conquers. Islam takes over. Islam devours. Islam is an imperialistic, parasitic ideology. Islam views itself as a conquering faith. You have to pray five times a day pointing toward a separate nation, pledging fealty to a separate nation. Islam’s own self story is that we will take you over. It’s totalitarianism masked as a religion.

During the interview Saad mentioned Dr. Peter Hammond, a South African minister and author. In his 2021 book, “Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat,” Hammond provided a historical analysis that broke down what happens to a society as a function of the Islamist percentages in that society.

Saad discussed how Hammond was able to trace what will happen in countries based on their Islamist immigration percentages and that at about 20%, physical violence will begin.

This Reddit post provides an adaptation of Hammond’s perspective:

Is Islam a religion or is it something else...

ISLAM IN LAYMAN’S TERMS

Here is a perspective by Dr Peter Hammond.

Dr Hammond’s doctorate is in Theology. He was born in Cape-town in 1960, grew up in Rhodesia and converted to Christianity in 1977.

Adapted from Dr Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat:

Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life.

Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.

Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges.

When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well..

Here’s how it works:

As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens.

This is the case in:

United States -- Muslim 0..6% Australia -- Muslim 1.5% Canada -- Muslim 1.9% China -- Muslim 1.8% Italy -- Muslim 1.5% Norway -- Muslim 1.8%

At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs.

This is happening in:

Denmark -- Muslim 2% Germany -- Muslim 3.7% United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7% Spain -- Muslim 4% Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%

From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply.

This is occurring in:

France -- Muslim 8% Philippines -- 5% Sweden -- Muslim 5% Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3% The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5% Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.

When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris, we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:

Guyana -- Muslim 10% India -- Muslim 13.4% Israel -- Muslim 16% Kenya -- Muslim 10% Russia -- Muslim 15%

After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:

Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%

At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:

Bosnia -- Muslim 40% Chad -- Muslim 53.1% Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%

From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:

Albania -- Muslim 70% Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4% Qatar -- Muslim 77.5% Sudan -- Muslim 70%

After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:

Bangladesh -- Muslim 83% Egypt -- Muslim 90% Gaza -- Muslim 98.7% Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1% Iran -- Muslim 98% Iraq -- Muslim 97% Jordan -- Muslim 92% Morocco -- Muslim 98.7% Pakistan -- Muslim 97% Palestine -- Muslim 99% Syria -- Muslim 90% Tajikistan -- Muslim 90% Turkey -- Muslim 99..8% United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%

100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ -- the Islamic House of Peace.. Here there’s supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:

Afghanistan -- Muslim 100% Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100% Somalia -- Muslim 100% Yemen -- Muslim 100%

Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.

‘Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel. -- Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’

It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.

Today’s 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world’s population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world’s population by the end of this century.

Adapted from Dr Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat

Please forward this important information to any who care about the Future of our Country.

Quite an eye opener!!

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

The Texas State Board of Education will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 7, to vote on the character and content of social studies education in Texan public schools for K–12. The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim Brotherhood front-group designated as a terrorist organization by Gov. Greg Abbott is lobbying the Board to replace a pro-America curriculum framework adopted last year with what some describe as the “CAIR Curriculum.”

SBOE member Brandon Hall notes this change would mark the first revision of social studies standards in 16 years and be in place for more than a decade.

Board member Julie Pickren offered additional perspective.

Frank Gaffney further details what’s at risk.

BanSharia.com describes CAIR’s strategy:

Like all totalitarians, CAIR understands that if it can dictate what our kids learn, it will be able over time to dominate our country. So, this jihadist organization is working with leftist organizations, teachers unions and activists to rewrite the lessons about the history of America and Texas to exclude vital information about, for instance, our presidents, founding documents and the greatness of our country.

Instead, CAIR seeks to extol fictitious Islamic contributions to the origins and evolution of our country, promote cultural Marxist narratives and enthuse about globalist causes and values. To cite but one example, CAIR asserts that the building known as the Alamo, the site of an epic battle for Texas independence from Mexico, was actually inspired by and a tribute to Islamic architecture.

Think of this fight as a Battle of the Alamo 2.0. After all, it is often said that, as Texas goes, so goes the nation. And in this case, that is literally true. Since the numbers of textbooks sold for Texan students is so large, publishers make their curriculum the standard offering for other school systems, as well.

Hence, if the CAIR-backed amendments are allowed to fundamentally transform the standards meant to implement the curriculum framework the State Board of Education adopted last year – which, among other things, reveres our founders, Constitution and freedoms, it is hard to overstate the corrosive effect that will be felt on all of America’s coming generations and their country.

If you support having our nation accurately and, therefore, favorably depicted in our children’s K-12 social studies curriculum, please join us in sending the letter linked here to the three Republican members of the Texas State Board of Education deemed most susceptible to CAIR’s intimidation and pressure and that of their hard-left teachers union and other allies: Pam Little, Evelyn Brooks and Will Hickman. (Copies will be sent to the other Board members for their information, as well.)

Click to help Reject the “CAIR Curriculum.”

True Texas Project posted this information on next week’s hearing as well.

We have a chance to defeat this effort, but the time to act is now.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

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With Attorney General Pam Bondi now moving on from the Trump Administration, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is stepping into the top slot – at least temporarily.

Per Breitbart, President Donald Trump posted today on Truth Social:

“Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year,” he wrote. “Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900.”

“We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General,” he added.

Blanche recently spoke to Matt Schlapp at CPAC.

For now, Blanche will be the “acting,” but is presumably under consideration for the full-time gig.

But there are more?

That certainly seems to be the case as other potential AG candidates also seem under consideration. In fact, it’s termed a “deep bench” in this conversation between War Room host Steve Bannon and Article III Project Founder and President Mike Davis. And Davis even has a list of ten prospectives.

Stay tuned!

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

After a radio hit with Austin Talk 1370’s Jim Cardle and Lynn Woolley to discuss alleged “Islamaphobia” at the recent CPAC Texas as purported by The Texas Tribune, it became obvious that the structure and fallacy of this coverage merits additional commentary.

The conversation centers on this article.

Any issue requiring the promotion of a faulty product or premise often enlists the assistance of “useful idiots.” Over the years, The Federalist has offered examples in After 85 Years, The New York Times Is Still A Useful Idiot Hiding Communism’s Atrocities, Seth Meyers, Useful Idiot and Edward Snowden Is Vladimir Putin’s Useful Idiot.

As the Texas Islamification issue ramps up and many media members’ tonal sensitivities enter a state of perpetually offended , an entire Useful Idiot Media (UIM) cohort is emerging with this article firmly ensconced in the genre.

The article is a typical reaction which is predictable and lazy. It’s also overstated, inflammatory so as to incite an emotional reaction and dangerously misleading with cherry-picked quotes.

In the article, Kayla Guo editorializes:

French’s comments — alongside those of the other panelists on stage — were remarkable for how brazenly they embraced the banner of Islamophobia. His call comes as more in the GOP are speaking out against “Sharia law” and “radical Islam.”

The panel comprised moderator Carl Higbie, host of Carl Higbie Frontline along with Matthew Foldi, Editor-in-Chief at The Washington Reporter, Bo French, candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner, and Jenny Story, COO of Patriot Mobile.

And as context is a great concept, watch the “Don’t Sharia My Texas” panel for yourself!

Deporting 100 million people?

In discussing immigration, French noted how the U.S. in the last 60 or so years has allowed migration by cultures throughout the world, cultures whose values too often do not align with America - “probably 100 million who shouldn’t be here.”

Perhaps that’s even why useful idiots and their UIM parters had to create the “diversity is our strength” mantra of recent decades when unity seems a much more sensible stance.

With this immigration, French observes these communities often settle in insulated enclaves which by design stymie assimilation. This applies to a number of nationalities, but per French, Islamists are “probably the most dangerous component of a bigger problem.”

Additionally, we’ve seen instances of immigrants failing to share our values with ever-increasing violent crime committed by both legal and illegal immigrants. Non-violent crime such as fraud (often involving taxpayer dollars) and other visa fraud is also seen. While H-1B visa programs are being used to displace American workers, other programs contain significant degrees of fraud.

All of this works against Americans pursuing the American Dream. French knows this as do the CPAC activist attendees and a growing number of other American residents.

So are we going to deport 100 million people? Probably not. But that said, ICE continues its aggressive deportations which were largely supported until later in 2025 when anti-ICE campaigns launched nationwide. SCOTUS is getting ready to hear the case on birthright citizenship, and as more immigrant-related fraud is found, policy discussions regarding de-naturalization are taking place. All this is highly likely to influence the future in terms of who comes to our country and who stays in our country.

“Islamaphobia” and its waning verbal weaponization

And as for calls to “more openly embrace Islamophobia,” the context of conversation says much.

French noted this is not like a pastor starting a church. He spoke of the coordinated effort seen by Islamists in Texas to infiltrate and conquer the Lone Star State with the belief that taking Texas is a pathway to the entire U.S. For those watching in real time, that’s not an uncommon or unrealistic point of view.

Per French, you see all levels of government and institutions being targeted and they are having success. It certainly is a common pattern in North Texas. There’s no upside for American taxpayers when immigrant blocs elect their own.

A prior Political Pursuits article outlined the stunning volume of Islamist networks at work in Texas which only serves to reinforce French’s point.

Panel moderator Carl Higbie spoke of how long-standing residents are being pushed out of communities when immigrant influxes move from a minority to the majority. He also noted how they hide behind religion and asked when the religious protections are going to be removed and it called the ideology it is.

Are people inherently Islamaphobic? Higbie asserts no, but that the leading cause of Islamaphobia is “because they keep trying to blow people up.”

Patriot Mobile COO Jenny Story spoke of the Quran as being contrary to our values. Sharia is contrary to our American values, she explained, as the Quran says if you leave Islam or speak ill of Mohammed, you can be put to death. That clearly violates our First Amendment with regard to rights of religious freedom and speaking freely.

“You know what, maybe I am Islamophobic,” Story reflected. “I am afraid of what they’re going to be doing to our great country.”

She also spoke of how the U.S. population doesn’t want to acknowledge the stark realities. A recent Quick Hits on Islamism in Texas included an interview with Liz Wheeler and columnist Larry Taunton in which Taunton concurred.

He described how “most Westerners don’t know how to process dealing with Islamists.”

“When you have a view involving a Western context based on Christian world view, you can’t really conceive of real evil,” Taunton continued. “You can’t conceive of someone who would rape your 6-year-old daughter, cut your head off and sell your wife into sex slavery.”

Taunton further explained:

Not every Muslim is a terrorist or would be-terrorist. Some don’t take Islam seriously.

However, any Muslim who takes Islam seriously is by definition a dangerous individual because he believes he has the right to kill you, to mutilate you, to rape members of your family (not Muslim women). He has the right to do anything he wants to infidels.

Higbie quoted the State Department as claiming 2.5 billion Muslims worldwide with 10-18% radicalized which by their definition means “willing to do harm to non-Muslims.” That percentage range includes 300 million- roughly the population of the U.S., and our demographic is shrinking.

Guo took aim at Republican activists pushing the party “to take a harder line against Islam.” The website previously used an Anti-Islam rhetoric takes center stage in Texas Republican primary article to criticize activists. It was during this time that campaigning also focused on Proposition 10, the Sharia law prohibition measure which passed with nearly 95% of the vote.

She also described Republicans as having “framed their opposition to Islam as an immigration issue, arguing Muslim immigrants do not properly assimilate into the country and claiming they are working to impose their values on other Texans.”

Just because something is unflattering doesn’t mean it’s untrue.

During the panel, French described speaking to people from all over the area expressing concerns with things they are seeing throughout the area.

Conversations routinely go to Uber drivers having issues with Islamist drivers – especially at DFW Airport. Women in full burqas showing up in doctors’ offices unable to speak English, with no identification and only cash to pay for service. Reports of someone appearing on the ground in distress at a large retailer’s parking lot only to discover it was an individual on a prayer mat. And this surfaced recently regarding a McKinney boys’ basketball team.

Texas Tribune is deferential to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the organization that was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007 Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial. The group continues today actively advocating for Texas-based Islamist issues and operations.

Guo quotes CAIR describing Sharia as being “about faith and personal conduct, not replacing American law or governing institutions.” That is curious because why then do Islamists seek separate courts and financial institutions among other things?

Congressman Keith Self, (R-Texas), describes Sharia differently:

Sharia is a law. It’s a culture. It’s a civilization. It takes precedent over whatever law you have in your country. It is the supreme law, it’s not a religion. It’s a law. It has a patina of religion.

Guo criticized the “Don’t Sharia My Texas” panelists on casting Islam as a “violent religion that threatened American lives.” Perhaps the two pro-Muslim self-radicalized Islamic-protesters throwing bombs outside Gracie Mansion, the recent shootings on Austin’s Sixth Street and at Old Dominion University and the synagogue attack in West Bloomfield, MI, by the brother of a Hezbollah weapons commander suggest differently.

“Don’t Sharia My Texas” activism will continue with irony abounding as the effort includes protecting The Texas Tribune and its UIM partners’ ability to continue their routine denial of reality.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.

CPAC Day Three hosted a final roster of speakers discussing issues related to the conservative movement. With an “action over words” theme, attendees were energized to take applicable marching orders back to their communities as we move into the mid-term election year. And contrary to the fake news, the reported rift among activists is unsurprisingly and greatly exaggerated.

Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton also spoke at the Ronald Reagan Dinner Friday night.

Speakers from Day Three included:

Defenders Against Darkness: Preventing Human Trafficking

Speakers:

• The Honorable Mercedes Schlapp, CPAC Senior Fellow

• Andrew Giuliani, Executive Director, White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup

• Frank Russo, Director of the Center for Combating Human Trafficking

• Taylor Talley, Founder, Freedom Fighters

Dysfunction Junction: A Senate Tragedy In Its Final Act

Speaker:

• U.S. Rick Scott, U.S. Senator from Florida [CPAC Rating: 91%]

Make Iran Great Again: Speech from Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi

Speaker:

• Prince Reza Pahlavi, The Crown Prince of Iran

Taking the Profiteering out of Pain: Speech from Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

Speaker:

• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health and Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FLEXAS: How the Texas and Florida Blueprints Can Save the Midterms and America

Speaker:

• U.S. Representative Kat Cammack, FL-03 [CPAC Rating: 94%]

Candidate Roundup

Speaker:

• The Honorable Matt Schlapp, CPAC Chairman

• U.S. Representative Mike Collins, GA-10 [CPAC Rating: 97%]

• Nate Morris, CEO of Morris Industries

Women Warriors

Speakers:

• The Honorable Mercedes Schlapp, CPAC Senior Fellow

• U.S. Representative Kat Cammack, FL-03 [CPAC Rating: 94%]

• Honorable Mayra Flores, Former U.S. Representative

The Battle for Brazil’s Future

Speakers:

• The Honorable Eduardo Bolsanaro, Brazilian Congressman in Exile

• Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, Brazilian Senator, Presidential Candidate for Brazil

Speech from Congressman Keith Self

Speaker:

• U.S. Representative Keith Self, TX-24 [CPAC Rating: 94%]

Speech from Jerry Daniels

Speaker:

• Jerry Daniels, CPAC Board Member

CPAC Straw Poll Results

Speakers:

• The Honorable Matt Schlapp, CPAC Chairman

• Jim McLaughlin, CPAC Board Member & President of McLaughlin & Associates

CPAC Poland

Speakers:

• Tomasz Sakiewicz

• Michal Rachon, TV Republika

Speech from President Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland

Speaker:

• President Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland

Fireside Chat with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Speakers:

• The Honorable Mercedes Schlapp, CPAC Senior Fellow

• Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of The Department of Health and Human Services

Here are recaps from the first two days:

CPAC Day Two Continues Strong

CPAC Grapevine Delivers

Now, time for action over words.

Before relocating back to the D/FW Metroplex, Lou Ann Anderson worked in central Texas talk radio as both a host and producer. Her tenure as Watchdog Wire–Texas editor involved covering state news and coordinating the site’s citizen journalist network. As a past Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity–Texas, Lou Ann wrote and spoke on a variety of public policy issues including the issue of probate abuse.